Section: News & Summaries

Turkey has formally charged 99 generals and admirals in connection with the weekend`s thwarted coup attempt, just under a third of the country`s 356 top military officers, according to the BBC.Authorities have banned all academics from travelling abroad, as the purge of state employees suspected of being connected to the failed coup continues,...

The European Union says that the murder of Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet in Kyiv on Wednesday is unacceptable and demands a ”swift and transparent” investigation.”Such attacks are unacceptable and a swift and transparent investigation must be carried out to bring those responsible for this crime to justice,” the European External Action...

Albania, Georgia, Liechtenstein, Norway, Ukraine, and Montenegro have supported the EU Council`s decision to extend the sanctions over the illegal annexation by Russia of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, according to the Council of the European Union.”The Candidate Countries Montenegro and Albania, and the EFTA countries Liechtenstein and...

Kyiv`s police have opened a criminal case to probe an attack on a female editor of Forbes Woman (Ukraine) in a park in the Ukrainian capital, according to the police`s media liaison office.Doctors reported to a local police station on Tuesday that a 25-year-old woman sought medical treatment for cut wounds of the left arm and shoulder. She said...

Twenty-seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action (KIA`s) and 123 others have been wounded in action (WIA`s) in Donbas since the beginning of July, according to Ukraine`s Mission to the United Nations.”Russian aggression means: 7 [Ukrainian] servicemen killed, 14 wounded yesterday alone. 27 killed & 123 wounded in July. Russia [is...

Turkey will announce emergency measures on Wednesday to try to shore up stability and prevent damage to the economy as it purges thousands of members of the security forces, judiciary, civil service and academia after an abortive coup, according to Reuters.Around 50,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have been suspended or...

First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Yuliya Kovaliv said the aggregate profit of the top 100 state-owned companies in 2016 could reach more than UAH20 billion, in comparison with a loss of UAH42.6 billion in 2015.”We expect that the aggregate profit [of the top 100 state-owned companies] will exceed UAH20 billion. That means we...

National Joint Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine has confirmed its readiness to renew trilateral negotiations with Gazprom to agree on the terms for gas purchase from Russia, the company`s press service reported, referring to a proposal voiced by Maros Sefcovic, vice-president of the European Commission, on July 19.”We are grateful to the...

First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Yuliya Kovaliv said losses among the top 100 state-owned companies in 2015 had fallen threefold compared to 2014.”In 2014, the top 100 [state companies] posted a loss of UAH 119 billion, while in 2015 the amount of the loss decreased threefold to UAH 42.6 billion,” Kovaliv said at a briefing...

At 07:45 July 20, prominent journalist Pavlo Sheremet was killed in a car explosion in Kyiv. The vehicle he was driving, which belonged to Olena Prytula , owner of the Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper, blew up at the corner of Khmelnitskiy and Franco streets in Kyiv.Main versions of the tragedyImmediately after the incident, sources in the law...